A Michigan woman is under arrest after being accused of using Craigslist to find someone to kill a Northern California woman.

Federal investigators said 49-year-old Ann Marie Linscott contacted several people through Craigslist.org.

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On two occasions, she offered $5,000 to "eradicate" an Oroville woman.

It turns out Linscott was having an online affair with the woman's husband, investigators said.

Special agent Steve Dupre from the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the victim's husband said he first met Linscott face-to-face when he went to Reno, Nev., in July 2005 for a conference, and that Linscott also visited him in Butte County in May 2007.

The two had sexual relations while they were in Reno, the FBI said.

Their last correspondence by e-mail took place on Jan. 9, 2008, the FBI said.

Linscott is being held in Grand Rapids, Mich. and is expected to be transferred to California.